75boyz
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Our first 6 picks in the 2021 draft were defensive players
3 out of our first 4 picks in the 2020 draft were defensive players
Our first pick in the 2019 draft was a defensive player
Our first pick in the 2018 draft was a defensive player
Our first 3 picks in the 2017 draft were defensive players
In 2016 our 2nd pick was Jaylon Smith
In 2015 our 1st 2 picks were Byron Jones and Randy Gregory
Those are our last 7 drafts. Oh...we've addressed it....we are just not any good at it. That ultimately falls at the feet of the architect of the franchise.
You simply CANNOT miss as much as we do when you use premium picks on defense. A 1st round LBer should be a stud. You cannot afford to get 4th round production from a 1st round LBer. So the miss on Jaylon and LVE is HUGE. The miss on Taco Charlton (1st round pick) is HUGE. The miss on Trysten Hill (2nd round pick) is huge. The miss on Randy Gregory (2nd round pick) is huge. Most of these guys are gone or on the bench. NONE of them played/play any better than middle round draft picks. That is the problem!
I mean... Fantastic post.
You can't deny any of this factual breakdown so I guess it does boil down to picking bad players.
Round by round.
Player by player for the last 7 years.
The only caveat is last year's and this year's group are still in a yet to be determined performance level imo.
Great post.